Policy paper

Continuing the UK’s trade relationship with the SACUM countries: parliamentary report

The government’s approach to maintaining continuity in the trade relationship between the UK and the SACUM countries from 1 January 2021.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 5 November 2019
• Last updated: 14 January 2020 — See all updates

Documents

Continuing the United Kingdom’s trade relationship with the Southern African Customs Union member states and Mozambique

PDF, 771 KB, 44 pages

Details

The SACUM countries are:

• Botswana
• Eswatini
• Lesotho
• Namibia
• South Africa
• Mozambique

This report contains:

• an overview of the agreement
• economic analysis of trade between the UK and the SACUM countries
• outline of the main differences between the SACUM-UK economic partnership agreement (EPA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)-EU EPA
• information on tariffs and rules of origin

Published 5 November 2019

Last updated 14 January 2020 + show all updates

1. 14 January 2020

   Deleted duplicate paragraph 40. All subsequent paragraphs are now numbered one less than before.

2. 5 November 2019

   First published.